Saying goodbye to a part of the community

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The whole community is mourning the loss of a beautiful thirteen year old girl today.  I pasted a small part of an article from today.com.  If you google Jayci Glover you will find many articles about this little girl.  The community embraced her and her fight.  Every time I leave the house I see at least one person with a Team Jayci shirt.  Addy and I atTended the parade welcoming her home and it was truly amazing and special.

“We just reached a decision… to just come home and try to let her be in her home with her two little sisters for as long as we can. We don’t know how long that will be. We don’t think it will be too long.”

Jayci’s family first started to suspect something was wrong in January of 2013 when the girl who had always been very thin suddenly started to gain weight. Then, she noticed a lump on the left side of her neck, which launched the family on a long medical odyssey.

She and her mom essentially moved to Salt Lake City, a five-hour drive from their home in Kanab, for her treatment. Last year, Jayci endured six rounds of chemotherapy, had a bone marrow transplant and underwent radiation.

Courtesy Heather Glover

Jayci Glover was always very slender, as this 2012 photo shows, but her illness caused her to gain 160 pounds in one year.

Her illness upset her endocrine system and triggeredCushing’s disease, which caused the teen to gain 160 pounds on her tiny frame, Kelly said. As her story spread on social media, most people have been wonderful, but some have been leaving cruel comments about her weight, she added. Her mom says Jayci is coping fine.